The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-03-09


il ,HS" i w.;S :iGrc"a anon. aId the Sent-
tr. if 1T al! sincere. could amend III ;9e
Seu;ite .ihcr. MAS nothing u hinder him.
T - were aii assErc! that 10 reflection on
aay5o.iv need hr Inferred. 2or col.d they
I lose "uy;'ing :or ,::e members o. the board
:s:l. Eoi s;lar:cl c;?ic@iS No rejection MAS
mai,. OF them because the object OF the
l..s,S;.r& was - change III part tI@ wori, OF
the board. and the commissioner, w!.o IS 3.
sllaIicd officer WAS retained by the BIZ IN
Ill his tenn expired.
Senatn" IvunanS >2S'S &g;,in: II further
proposed 10 sir fint;;,! i il was the .o:t! IN
tcrcst Of the farmers he vas seeking. % IN
trolucc ipi,:: resolution requiring Tie .5;de
Treasurer u rn!:ai u tie Department ci :;E.-
ricuit,;re All !l:oCeyS ar!sin, from The license
tax, which ila.i been expended :oc genera!
Sta'e puI,;o .e~. 70 b. applied BY the board
OF agriculture for .Ge benefit OF Tie farmers
/ n},on experimental stations | soon found,
r. however. that instead o.. advancing the real
| interest O: tie farmers, &c.
had already asked and received a.: ap-
! prooria;ion tYom the Stat" Treasurer Of So
! 00J 40 br applied by the board Of agricu!-
ture for tie benefit OF farmers upon expert
mental stations. II Senator yoIlnanS
wanted more why cid be not inuolOcc the
resolution himself | I!d not prevent bin.
F.; And if i.e concluded that | was rot seeking
the interest Of the farmers because idilI:ot
al his suggestion. iHuo1uca 4 resolution 70
haze rctcnd4.i u license t,y about which
! vas not posted. what must the senator
have thought O.: himself 1cT not Introducing
it.
Tie Senator coHiu:cs MP Ghostly evils
from what SAID aboUt The agricultural bal,
viz: th::: ii sas intcnGci; 10 bring tosy;ncr
once II wear undeI ;l!"ir board G.! agrlcuit;3re
representatives not onl: OF the Grange ;iIii
, S;ut= Agricultural Society, 1c! Of all county
soc at;eS, indeed, t-oIa the whole State, 70
draw inspiration fro!@ tGci- board and to
! discuss the pYoniea!S oi o&r agriculture.
This has Dern done :or forty yearS ii Ohio.
with ac k!;ca;!. kc2 ;EEcd hcnG; to tat State. Il
We n South Carolina would>1m nrove CUR
agriculture. wat niatccIa! HAST We w0Ik
With if not larmcrS: Hho must be. or axe
intended 70 be, enlightened by boards q
agriculture stations agricultural journals,
or colleges. if not tanners? For
whose instruction have the mos
advanced States ard nations cs;&u-
,ished snca institutions. if rot for t?le in
strGction ef their 1ari:crs: Bat Senator ioii-
mans las divided the farmers mo t%o class
IS. ;Ge respectable and TIE no2-respectebi@:
He claims I::at ne voices the sentiment CT
the respectable farmers
When We iooG 20 see whose sentiments he
did voice, We ;..c forced % conciIGe thai tie
SIX Senator's WHO voted against the ag2icul-
t,.y:.l Di:s are the res pacutoie farmers: sl:.e
;he other SIX Senator's, tte members CT the
house and lie thousands whose sentiments
-. .,s-i ~, =
anla, and Slouil on no a"co1at BE trusted
cu!ture. though that beard saorld be coia-
posed OF men Ike johnson Hagooi, ,. Z.
duncan. D. X Norris Rivers. Johnston,
II1ilaan ana otners We Lave 10 p4EmoG-
eaiture laws. or any privileged political
classes in i!!;s ccuntrv. and hence I s;.ai!
not discuss tie question OF ''respectabitlty.
We sometimes NICE. with people vino are
more respectable IN tiei. own estimation
than il the estimation Of their n@ighborS,
brg whether they or their nei2abors are
right our rs, so tai as know, 40 lot de-
teru!,n2.
Tie Senator IS severe on III TillGan for
rentur;ng 20 say anything against the Gov
+rnmcnt, and IS Suspicious OF anyone who
a.av agree WITH any Of his views OF public
measures, ltONSu IL; iASH'i '''iN Sb''-r -
ayainst the Government. Has Che Senator
s3ia nothing against the Government? I
uacte from his ow-n article ior his consider
alton: .!he fact =. the Government. 50 lar
from being mindful OF the pu5ic wal, has
bva process OF wet nursing, undermined
the sci! reliance and dw&rte.l the manhood
and inGepcnd;,nce o: TIE people. .Again:
The pco;ll" nave been deDaua:lcd - the!r
/ ;.9 ~
t::.vaCanca. tu:iitessEcss aild dependence.
What Il graphic picture! Wicked ana H2-
b:ci:e rulers wretc::el and degraded 2"o-
pie, E;ow could the Senator, Win sIcn
conyictionS tolerate such Government.
Senator Ioula&ns attributes th: ''unSat.S
factory rcsai:s OF farming 20 lu3oience. eX-
t-..yae;:nce and thritteSsneSs / haze lev
- been IN his connty, and cA2l,ot SPEAK tof
/ MS peopln Dat, so lar as my observation
syten;S 10 people, ether at the .,ortA o.
IN E1,opa, have perior.2>d more hcro!c h
30. for len years than the majority Of onr
farmers lii, reward las cot been s&iistac-
tory. They :lnpel; 20 the Intelligence ot t'!,:
State 20 solve taa problem. lne 2iGst hope
ful signs OF these times, IN ny aalnole ops
ion. IS tie lniat;.:Alia evidence OF a con-
clusion reached by the majority Of our 1arn!-
eS, ta;.t Skill II farming Is rs nee -S=!:ry as
skill IN any otacr bOsincSS, tllt science IS ..
fact. not & hum5ug. tha.it has upset and
revoi1t !ouizyd old methods IN every other
business. and iapst inevitably upset and
,evnlutiouiZe Old methods in agriculture
Hence they say to the Government Just
ina,.n our weiGnt-tile t.xes-und hold OF;
the lamp. Give rs light and We Will enter
| race l0r energy with any people n the
world"
Any f;,ir-minGed ,2nn wno has watched
ti.e FARMERS movement. as it is c.!.4?,
viii ADM. that agricultural et.ac"t!on ;:'lt:
reform is all that has ever been demanded
or the farmers ,<one has ever asked to sc
:t,,. al;l 10 one has ever ;honghI Of such
.a;n-. exce:,t those who ;:ayc tie public teatS
rH / we're ::!ra,d that :; reduction G. Offices
and general refprn woulu shake them loose.
Whence calne tie general awakening Of
thought i. the STATE: What c&U*e Us t.
realize tn;tE, VIII :, less NopGiatio2 th1n TIC
civ ot New York s;o1t:l G2roilne, tor! ny
The winds, washed by tue ilc1jS &nii shaken
b. e..rihG ,:aEcs sXGc:c(t over .Iu, O3J taxes
from an Impoverished, people: How cs:n2
il about that from Senator Batter and Gov
errors Hagoca and Sheppard, down to tie
hum blcst citizen, one 5oSid hea" slIgge StioES
as 10 how reforms corly ANA ought t. be 81
tect:d? What began to teach rs t2nt the
| conntv governments a:c more cXpe:l'lrc
than necessary, that rich n:cn shoald pay
tne:r ruitio: IL tiIs college. that rcA lG!,.y.c>
should lav th@;r ''l@sp" III tae,;:s!ylnrr, the;
the .nc0.4e Of the pen.;cn::;:ry might h5:!n-
: cr-nsa,l that tn. tYi:i ir.S:.c2 system WAS